New Mountain Learning, LLC was a

privately held A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equi ...

publishing company founded in 2012 and headquartered in

St. Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 311,527, making it Minnesota's second-most populous city a ...

. The company published educational

textbooks A textbook is a book containing a comprehensive compilation of content in a branch of study with the intention of explaining it. Textbooks are produced to meet the needs of educators, usually at educational institutions, but also of learners ( ...

and software, including supplements and assessment tools for PreK-12,

post-secondary Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...

workforce development Workforce development, an American approach to economic development, attempts to enhance a region's economic stability and prosperity by focusing on people rather than businesses. It essentially develops a human-resources strategy. Work-force dev ...

, and

religious education In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion (although in the United Kingdom the term ''religious instruction'' would refer to the teaching of a particular religion, with ''religious education'' referring to t ...

fields. In 2018, New Mountain Learning was acquired by private equity firm CIP Capital from The Wicks Group, who had acquired and merged the New Mountain divisions. Later in 2018, CIP acquired Carnegie Learning and merged New Mountain into Carnegie Learning.

Corporate organization

New Mountain Learning consisted of five divisions:

PreK-12

EMC Publishing was founded in 1954, and develops and produces PreK-12 textbook programs in world languages, business education, literature and language arts, and social studies with supplementary and multimedia materials.

Post-secondary

Paradigm Publishing specializes in

publishing, offering textbook programs in computer technology, health careers, biotechnology, accounting, business technology, distance learning, and career management with supplementary and multimedia materials.

Workforce development

JIST Publishing (Job Information, Seeking and Training), has award-winning materials on job-search, career exploration, occupational information, life skills, and character education. Founded by James Michael Farr in 1981 and acquired by EMC in 2007.

Applications and programming

Lawrenceville Press is a publisher of computer application and programming textbooks. Founded in 1981 and acquired by EMC in 2007.

Religious education

CFM Publishing, the religious education division of New Mountain Learning consists of two publishers: * Standard Publishing, a publisher associated with the

Christian churches and churches of Christ The group of churches known as the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ is a fellowship of congregations within the Restoration Movement (also known as the Stone–Campbell Movement and the Reformation of the 19th Century) that have no form ...

, founded in 1872 and acquired by Wicks Group in 2006 The majority of Standard Publishing was sold to David C. Cook in 2016; the magazines were sold to The Solomon Foundation in 2017. *

RCL Benziger RCL Benziger is a Roman Catholic book-publishing house founded in 1792 by Joseph Charles Benziger in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. It is currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio, and operates as a subsidiary of Kendall Hunt Publishing. History The com ...

, originated in

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

in 1792 by Joseph Charles Benziger. In July 2007 the Benziger name and product line was purchased from

McGraw Hill McGraw Hill is an American education science company that provides educational content, software, and services for students and educators across various levels—from K-12 to higher education and professional settings. They produce textbooks, ...

by CFM Publishing and merged with Texas-based Catholic publisher RCL - Resources For Christian Living (acquired at the same time) to form RCL Benziger. RCL Benziger was sold to Kendall Hunt Publishing in 2016.

Products

Snap (stylized as "SNAP") consists of the following

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training and assessment learning management software: Keyboarding Online Labs; Snap 2013 (for

Microsoft Office 2013 Microsoft Office 2013 (codenamed Office 15) is a version of Microsoft Office, a productivity suite for Microsoft Windows. Unlike with Office 2010, no macOS equivalent was released. Microsoft Office 2013 includes extended file format support, use ...

) Snap 2010 (for

Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office 2010 (codenamed Office 14) is a version of Microsoft Office for Microsoft Windows unveiled by Microsoft on May 15, 2009, and released to manufacturing on April 15, 2010, with General availability release, general availability on ...

); Snap 2007 (for

Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office 2007 (codenamed Office 12) is an office suite for Windows, developed and published by Microsoft. It was officially revealed on March 9, 2006 and was the 12th version of Microsoft Office. It was released to manufacturing on Novemb ...

); and Snap 2003 (for

Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office 2003 (codenamed Office 11) is an office suite developed and distributed by Microsoft for its Windows operating system. Office 2003 was released to manufacturing on August 19, 2003, and was later released to retail on October 21, ...

). EMC Languages is a language program scheduled for release in 2014. According to their website, it is "a dynamic learning environment designed to drive educator effectiveness and student fluency in K-12 and post-secondary world language classrooms." A collaboration with the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, students will use video platforms to demonstrate their skills through assessments and discussions via webcam.

Users

Below is a selection of academic institutions that used New Mountain Learning materials: *

Community College of Philadelphia The Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) is a public community college with campuses throughout Philadelphia. The college was founded in 1965 and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It offers over 100 associate ...

* Community College of Rhode Island *

Ivy Tech Community College Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech) is a public community college system in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the state's public community college system and it has more than 40 locations. It is also the state's largest public postsecondary ins ...

* Kaskaskia College * Kirkwood Community College * Parkland College *

Schoolcraft College Schoolcraft College is a public community college in Livonia, Michigan. History Schoolcraft College was established in 1961. Originally named Northwest Wayne County Community College, the name of the college was changed because of the length. ...

* Skyline College *

Spencerian College Spencerian College was a private, for-profit career college in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1892 as the Spencerian Commercial School, a private for-profit business school, by Enos Spencer. In June 2018, Spencerian Colle ...

References

External links

New Mountain Learning website

EMC Publishing LLC main website
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